Per Transisset Sabbatum et Terra Tremuit

The Harrowing of Hell or Christ in Limbo, from The Large Passion (Albrecht Durer, 1510) https://www.wikiart.org/en/albrecht-durer/the-harrowing-of-hell-or-christ-in-limbo-from-the-large-passion-1510

For this Sunday’s musical offering, here first is John Taverner’s (c.1490 – 1545) ‘Dum Transisset Sabbatum‘, signifying Christ’s victory over death after His burial. Our Schola sang this glorious piece at Seat of Wisdom College sang for our graduation Mass yesterday:

And here is William Byrd’s (1540 – 1623) very short motet Terra Tremuit, which was also part of our repertoire at Mass: